Perry Howard
American politician
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Perry Wilbon Howard (c. 1835–1907) was an American blacksmith,[1] and a state legislator in Mississippi. He represented Holmes County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1872 to 1875; and served on the county board of supervisors.[1][2]
He was born in c. 1835 into slavery in South Carolina, and was brought to Mississippi before the American Civil War. His children became doctors, an attorney, and teachers.[1] Noted lawyer, Perry Wilbon Howard II was one of his sons.[2]
